Destroyer Shaw explosion during Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor

Destroyer Shaw explosion during Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor

May 31, 2017 #US Army

Destroyer Shaw

 

Explosion of ammunition on the destroyer Shaw (USS Shaw) of the US Navy during the Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor Navy Base. The Pacific Theater of Operations, Second World War.
Explosion on the destroyer Shaw occurred at 9.30 as a result of a fire caused by the entry of three Japanese aerial bombs. Shaw Destroyer was badly damaged, but later it was repaired and again put into operation.

 

 

Place of photo: Pearl Harbor, USA
Date of the photo: December 1941

 

Source of the destroyer Shaw photo: www.defenseimagery.mil.

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